An earthquake, flooding, a personal disaster, holidays, a lack of time or a misunderstanding........................
Sometimes a certain poster seems to have disappeared from the lounge and others worry: where is he/she?
Need we bring flowers, offer some good advice, best wishes for the holidays, hugs or what?
Could the mods. please make this thread sticky: for goodbyes, inquiries and returns?

Right now everyone is worried about Stichawl in Japan and of the other members that are in that earthquake. I just hope for happy endings.

Maybe we can also use this thread to mention if we are going to be out of touch for a while, or to let others know who to contact (if anybody) if we disappear unexpectedly. I'll go first by saying that if I drop out of sight without warning, both DixieGal and phenomshel have my cellphone number, and desertblues has my personal email address. You have my permission to ask one of them to get in touch with me.

No news yet. Stichawl went missing after the 7.2 quake that hit earlier in the week.

Sh*t, I'm worried about Stitchawl!

They are reporting widespread and prolonged power cuts over there, so hopefully he's just not able to get in touch. Of course, he's likely to have more pressing issues on his mind than coming on here as well.

Stitchawl is in Kyoto according to his profile page. This report from an Englishwoman in Kyoto suggests that things weren't too bad there - at least initially.

And I don't think the earlier quake was in his area, either. Still...very unlike him to not mention he's going to be offline for a while. He let us know when he travelled this past year, and sometimes even lets us know when he's going to be offline for part of a day for appointments and such. It may not be earthquake related, but I feel like something may be wrong. I'd really like to hear something from him.